Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Musical Instruments: July 2011–June 2012
Viola d'amore
1746
Jean Ouvrard
Length x width: 70 x 20 cm (27 9/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Spruce, maple, ivory, ebony, boxwood
Classification: Musical instruments
Object Place: Paris, France
Accession number: 2012.322
Location: Musical Instruments Gallery
Provenance/Ownership History: June 2010, sold by Claude Lebet, Rome, to Tony Bingham, London; 2012, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2012)
Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund